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Announcement  of  Elementary  Courses  in 
ENGINEERING 

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19  12 

ISSUED  BI-MONTHLY 


Entered  February  24,  1902,  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  as  second-class  matter, 
Under  Act  of  Congress,  July  16,  1894. 


Ohio  Wesleyan  University 


BULLETIN 


Announcement  of  Elementary  Courses  in 


Engineering 


19  12 


ISSUED  BI-MONTHLY. 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 
in  2017  with  funding  from 

University  of  Illinois  Urbana-Champaign  Alternates 


https://archive.org/details/announcementofelOOohio 


SLOCUM  LIBRARY 


ELLIOTT  HALL 

The  Physics  and  Engineering  Building 


EDWARDS  GYMNASIUM,  GRAND  STAND  AND  PORTION  OF  ATHLETIC  FIELD 


TO  PROSPECTIVE  ENGINEERING 
STUDENTS 


Methods  of  Securing  a Technical  Education . 

A young  man  who  graduates  from  a first  grade  High 
School  and  who  desires  to  prepare  for  an  engineering  pro- 
fession, has  at  least  four  ways  open  to  him  by  which  he  may 
secure  his  technical  education. 

A.  He  may  spend  four  years  in  the  Technical  School, 
and  at  the  end  of  that  period  receive  a B.  S.  degree. 

B.  He  may  spend  two  years  in  a College  of  Liberal  Arts 
and  Sciences  and  two  years  in  the  Technical  School,  and  at 
the  end  of  four  years  receive  a B.  S.  degree. 

C.  He  may  spend  six  years  in  some  Technical  Schools, 
receiving  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  year  a B.  S.  degree,  and 
at  the  end  of  the  sixth  year  a degree  in  engineering. 

D.  He  may  spend  four  years  in  a College  of  Liberal  Arts 
and  Sciences,  receiving  his  B.  S.  degree,  and  two  more  in  a 
Technical  School,  receiving  his  degree  in  engineering. 

A careful  study  of  the  catalogues  of  the  Technical  Schools 
shows  that  the  first  two  years  of  all  engineering  courses  are 
much  the  same,  and  that  they  are  made  up  almost  entirely 
of  courses  in  English,  Modern  Languages,  Mechanical  Drawing, 
Shop  Work,  Mathematics,  Physics,  Chemistry  and  other 
Sciences,  depending  upon  the  line  of  engineering  to  be  taken 
up.  That  is,  the  freshman  and  sophomore  years  are  devoted  to 
foundation  or  preparatory  work,  while  the  junior  and  senior 
years  are  devoted  to  purely  technical  work. 

Belative  Merits  of  these  Methods . 

A and  B suggest  the  least  possible  preparation  anyone 
can  make  in  order  to  attain  a fair  degree  of  success  in  his  pro- 
fession. Of  these  two  B is  the  better,  if  the  student  can  find 
a college  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences  whose  work  meets  the 
demands  for  the  foundation  or  preparatory  work  of  the  Tech- 
nical Schools.  Here,  in  quantity  and  quality  of  work,  he  gets 


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precisely  what  he  would  get  in  the  Technical  School,  and  in 
addition  he  lives  in  an  atmosphere  created  by  the  so-called 
culture  studies, — an  atmosphere  which,  by  the  very  nature  of 
the  case,  does  not  exist  in  the  Technical  School.  Then,  too, 
the  item  of  expense  leads  one  to  select  the  College  of  Liberal 
Arts  for  his  foundation  work. 

C and  D are  still  more  attractive.  Six  years  of  prepara- 
tion for  one’s  life  work  are  not  too  much.  The  easy  engineer- 
ing problems  are  solved.  The  engineer  of  the  future  must 
have  all  the  technical  knowledge  which  he  can  acquire  in  the 
class-room  and  in  the  laboratory,  and  in  addition  he  must  have 
the  culture  and  brain  power  which  make  him  a leader  of  men. 

What  are  the  advantages  of  the  D proposition  over  the 
C?  Why  select  a College  in  which  to  do  the  foundation  work 
rather  than  the  Technical  School  in  which  to  make  the  whole 
preparation?  There  are  at  least  two  reasons: 

First.  The  combined  view-point  of  two  institutions  is 
better  that  the  view-point  of  either.  Class-room  methods  and 
laboratory  methods  must  differ.  The  mode  of  attack  of  a 
subject  differs  in  different  class-rooms.  All  these  come  to  the 
student  and  from  them  he  is  able  to  select  the  best.  Then 
six  years  is  a long  time  to  spend  at  one  school;  for  this  rea- 
son post  graduate  work  is  usually  done  in  a second  institution. 

Second.  The  College  is  better  prepared  to  give  the  founda- 
tion work.  Here  the  student  finds  literature,  biography,  his- 
tory, and  art,  political  and  social  sciences, — subjects  which 
the  Technical  Schools  are  compelled  to  omit  almost  entirely 
for  want  of  time,  but  subjects  which  are  just  as  essential  to 
the  development  of  the  man  as  the  subjects  presented  by  the 
Technical  Schools  are  essential  to  the  development  of  the 
engineer.  President  David  Starr  Jordan  has  said:  “It  is  the 
business  of  the  College  to  give  the  young  man  the  secret  of 
power.  It  should  train  him  to  be  efiicient,  self  reliant  and 
capable  of  team  work  to  make  the  most  of  his  actual  abilities 
in  the  conduct  of  life.” 

The  College  thus  supplements  the  work  of  the  Technical 
School.  Each  has  a distinct  and  well  defined  part  to  play. 
The  College  develops  the  man,  the  Technical  School  makes 
the  engineer.  The  importance  of  the  work  of  the  College  can 
not  be  emphasised  too  much.  Its  moulding  influence  ought  to 
be  exerted  on  the  early  life  of  every  man  preparing  for  a pro- 
fessional career.  It  lays  a foundation  upon  which  the  Tech- 


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nical  School  builds  for  a special  purpose,  aud  builds  much  bet- 
ter than  if  it  had  made  its  own  foundation.  Some  Technical 
Schools  take  this  view  of  the  question,  and  much  prefer  a 
college  graduate  who  enters  their  junior  year  to  a High  School 
graduate  who  enters  their  freshman  year. 

EQUIPMENT  AT  OHIO  WESLEYAN. 

Ohio  Wesleyan  as  a College  of  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences 
has  met  the  demands  of  the  Technical  Schools.  It  has  made  it 
possible  for  scientific  students  during  the  four  years  of  their 
college  course  to  take  all  the  prescribed  work  for  the  freshman 
and  sophomore  years  of  the  Technical  School,  and  it  has  also 
made  it  possible  for  students  who  have  had  sufficient  prepa- 
ration to  do  this  same  freshman  and  sophomore  technical 
work  in  two  years  at  Delaware.  The  machine  shops  are  equip- 
ped with  all  the  variety  of  machines  which  are  found  in  the 
shops  of  larger  institutions.  The  capacity  for  number  of  stu- 
dents is  not  so  great,  but  to  the  smaller  number  the  best 
of  instruction  can  be  given.  The  courses  in  drawing,  descrip- 
tive geometry,  and  surveying  are  presented  by  graduates  from 
Technical  Schools,  and  in  quality  are  as  good  as  such  courses 
presented  elsewhere.  It  is  especially  to  the  four  year  course 
which  is  fully  outlined  in  this  bulletin  that  the  attention  of  the 
High  School  graduate  is  called.  A number  of  Technical 
Schools  have  accepted  this  work  without  examination  as  far 
as  it  covers  their  required  work,  and  they  have  given  junior 
rank  to  Ohio  Wesleyan  graduates  who  hold  the  B.  S.  degree. 

DESCRIPTION  OF  SOME  COURSES  NEXT  ALLIED  TO  ENGINEERING. 

Note:  for  a description  of  all  the  courses  in  these  De- 
partments, see  the  Catalogue. 

Mathematics 

4.  Plane  Surveying — During  the  first  part  of  the  semes- 
ter the  time  is  given  to  the  study  of  principles  and  methods, 
and  to  gaining  a knowledge  of  the  construction,  use  and  ad- 
justment of  the  principal  instruments.  The  remaining  time 
is  devoted  mainly  to  field  work,  to  reducing  notes  and  platting. 
Each  student  is  expected  to  get  much  field  practice  in  the 
use  of  each  instrument.  The  ordinary  problems  arising  in 
land  surveying,  city  surveying,  profile  and  differential  level- 
ing, drainage,  grading,  curves,  and  elementary  topographical 
surveying  are  taken  up.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  best 


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methods  of  keeping  notes,  computations,  checks  and  platting. 
Texts:  Breed  and  Hosmer’s  The  Principles  and  Practice  of 
Surveying , and  Pence  and  Ketchum’s  Surveying  Manual. 

Four  hours.  Second  semester.  Elective  for  those  who 
have  completed  Mathematics  1.  Recitations:  Mon.,  Fri.,  at 
2:10;  Field  work:  Tu.,  Th.,  at  1:10  to  4:00. 

— Mr.  Eeinert. 

5.  Differential  and  Integral  Calculus — The  course  in- 
cludes a thorough  study  of  the  principles  of  differentiation  and 
integration  as  applied  to  the  various  classes  of  functions,  of 
a single  variable.  Special  topics  are  series,  expansion  of  func- 
tions, indeterminate  forms,  maxima  and  minima  of  functions, 
and  the  usual  geometric  application  of  the  Calculus  to  plane 
curves  and  to  the  surface  and  volume  of  solids.  The  text  fol- 
lowed is  Osborne’s  Calculus. 

Four  hours.  Through  the  year.  Elective  for  students  who 
have  completed  Mathematics  1 and  3.  Mon.  at  7:55  and  Tu., 
Th.,  Fri.,  at  9:30.  — Professor  Austin. 

7.  Descriptive  Geometry — Previous  training  in  Mechan- 
ical Drawing  will  be  of  great  advantage.  The  subject  is  of 
interest  both  to  the  student  of  theoretical  and  of  applied  mathe- 
matics. It  is  planned  to  cover  the  corresponding  work  of  the 
technical  school  in  this  subject.  The  work  includes  recita- 
tions, solution  of  problems  in  the  drafting  room  and  the  prep- 
aration of  a number  of  plates.  Some  time  is  given  to  shades 
and  shadows  and  linear  perspective.  Text,  Church’s  Descrip- 
tive Geometry , with  many  additional  problems. 

Two  hours.  Through  the  year.  Elective  for  students  who 
have  completed  Mathematics  1.  If  previous  arrangement  be 
made  the  first  semester’s  work  may  be  taken  with  credit.  Sec- 
tion 1:  Mon.,  Wed.,  at  7:55;  Section  2:  Mon.,  Wed.,  at  9:30. 

— Mr.  Eeinert. 

8.  Theoretical  Mechanics — A knowledge  of  Calculus  is  as- 
sumed. Many  problems  are  solved.  Most  of  the  time  is  devoted 
to  the  statics  of  particles  and  rigid  bodies  and  the  motion  of 
a particle,  but  some  attention  is  given  to  the  elementary  theory 
of  the  motion  of  a rigid  body. 

Three  hours.  Through  the  year.  The  course  is  of  especial 
interest  to  those  who  have  a taste  for  technical  work  and  ap- 
plied mathematics.  Elective  for  students  who  have  had  Math- 
ematics 5. 


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Physics 

4.  Advanced  Laboratory  Course — For  this  course  vari- 
ous rooms  in  the  laboratory  are  fitted  with  apparatus  for  making 
refined  measurements  in  general  Physics.  Miller's  Laboratory 
Physics  is  the  text  used. 

Three  hours.  Through  the  year.  The  course  is  primar- 
ily intended  for  students  in  all  lines  of  engineering  work. 
Nine  hours  a week  are  required  in  the  laboratory.  Lecture 
one  hour  a week  on  Holman's  Discussion  of  Measurements. 
Fee,  $7.50  per  semester.  Lecture:  Wed.,  at  2:10;  Laboratory 
periods:  Tu.,  Th.,  at  1:00  to  5:00. 

— Professor  Eormell  and  Mr . Stang. 

5.  Elements  of  Electrical  Engineering ; Direct  Currents — 
A course  developing  a simple  working  knowledge  of  the  elec- 
trical problems  involved  in  the  generation,  distribution  and 
utilization  of  power.  The  Elements  of  Electrical  Engineering 
by  Franklin  and  Esty  is  the  text -book  used. 

Three  hours.  Through  the  year.  Open  to  students  who 
have  had  Physics  2,  and  Mathematics  3.  No  fee  is  charged. 
(Omitted  1912-13).  — Mr.  Stang. 

7.  Elements  of  Electrical  Engineering ; Alternating  Cur- 
rents— A course  similar  to  5,  but  developed  from  the  stand- 
point of  Alternating  Currents.  Alternating  Currents  by  Frank- 
lin and  Esty  is  the  text-book  used. 

Three  hours.  Through  the  year.  No  fee  is  charged. 

— Mr.  Stang . 


Engineering 

Three  hours  of  work  in  the  laboratory,  drafting  room, 
or  shop  are  counted  as  equivalent  to  one  hour  of  recitation. 
Credit  for  the  following  courses  may  be  counted  toward  a 
Baccalaureate  degree  only  when  they  are  taken  in  connection 
with  Physics  2;  and  they  may  not  be  counted  as  part  of  the 
required  work  in  Science. 

1.  Mechanical  Drawing — The  first  semester's  work  con- 
sists of  two  hours  a week  devoted  to  the  use  of  instruments 
and  orthographic  projection,  and  one  hour  to  lettering.  The 
second  semester  will  be  devoted  to  isometric  projections  and 
shadows  together  with  sketching  of  machine  parts,  working 
drawings  and  blue  printing.  Anthony's  Mechanical  Drawing 
and  Reinhardt's  Lettering  are  the  texts  used. 

Three  hours.  Through  the  year.  No  fee.  Elective  for 


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students  who  have  had  Plane  and  Solid  Geometry.  Daily  and 
Saturday  A.  M.  — Mr.  Stang. 

2.  Mechanical  Drawing — This  is  a course  in  the  kine- 
matics of  machinery.  Lecture  and  recitation  one  hour  a week 
for  a year.  Barr’s  Kinematics  of  Machinery  is  the  text  used. 
Practical  problems  to  be  worked  out  in  the  drafting  room 
will  be  given  on  lobed  wheels,  principles  of  transmitted  mo- 
tion in  machines,  gear  teeth,  cams,  linkwork,  belt  drives, 
velocity  and  acceleration  diagrams,  etc.  The  equivalent  course 
for  those  intending  to  study  Civil  Engineering  deals,  during 
the  first  semester,  with  both  ink  and  water-color  rendering  of 
topographical  symbols,  representation  by  contours,  problems 
in  earthwork,  and  use  of  a planimeter.  During  the  second 
semester,  a course  in  Stereotomy  is  given. 

Three  hours.  Through  the  year.  One  semester  of  Mathe- 
matics 7 is  required  before  taking  Stereotomy.  Daily  and 
Saturday  A.  M.  — Mr.  Stang. 

3.  Shop  Work — Wood  working,  use  of  tools,  carpentry, 
joinery,  turning. 

Three  hours.  One  semester.  May  be  elected  in  first  or 
second  semester.  Nine  hours  a week  must  be  spent  in  the  shop. 
Fee,  $7.50.  Daily  and  Saturday  A.  M.  — Mr.  Davis. 

4.  Shop  Work — This  course  consists  in  use  and  care  of 
bench  and  hand  tools,  drill  press,  lathe,  planer,  universal 
grinder,  milling  machine,  etc. 

Three  hours.  One  semester.  May  be  elected  in  first  or 
second  semester.  Nine  hours  a week  must  be  spent  in  the 
shop.  Fee,  $7.50.  Daily,  morning  and  afternoon  and  Sat- 
urday A.  M.  — Mr.  Edwards. 

5.  Shop  Work — Practical  course  in  pattern  making.  Con- 
struction of  patterns  and  their  use  in  foundry  practice. 

Three  hours.  Second  semester.  Nine  hours  a week  must 
be  spent  in  the  shop.  Fee,  $4.50.  Daily  and  Saturday  A.  M. 

— Mr.  Davis. 

6.  Shop  Work — Three  hours  a week  for  one  semester. 

This  course  consists  in  the  construction  of  gas  engines;  mak- 
ing of  tools,  plane  and  bevel  gears;  spiral  cutting  and  ma- 
chining various  forms  and  angles;  brazing,  soldering,  and 
tempering.  Nine  hours  a week  must  be  spent  in  the  shop. 
Open  to  students  who  have  had  Engineering  4 or  its  equiva- 
lent. Courses  4 and  6 are  sometimes  taken  together  by  stu- 
dents of  unusual  skill.  Fee,  $7.50.  — Mr.  Edwards. 


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7.  Mechanics  and  Resistance  of  Materials — Three  hours 
a week  for  the  year.  This  course  consists  of  the  theory  of  and 
problems  dealing  with  shear,  tension,  compression,  torsion, 
elasticity  and  flexure;  and  the  theory  and  design  of  shafts, 
beams,  columns,  riveted  joints,  pipes,  and  boilers.  Merri- 
mann’s  Mechanics  of  Materials  is  the  text  used.  The  course 
may  be  elected  by  students  who  have  completed  or  are  taking 
Mathematics  5.  — Mr.  Stang. 

A COURSE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  FIRST  TWO  YEARS 
OF  ENGINEERING  AND  LEADING  TO  THE 
DEGREE  OF  B.  S. 

FIRST  YEAR: 

32  hours  required. 

Mathematics  1 and  2 (Trigonometry  and  Higher 


Algebra)  6 hrs. 

German  or  French  1 (Grammar  and  Translation hrs. 

English  1 (Rhetoric) 4 hrs. 

Bible  1 (Lectures  on  New  Testament) 2 hrs. 

Chemistry  2 (Lectures  and  Laboratory)... 8 hrs. 

Engineering  1 (Mechanical  Drawing) 6 hrs. 


Military. 

SECOND  YEAR: 

25  hours  required. 


Mathematics  3 (Analytical  Geometry)..... 4 hrs. 

German  or  French  2 (Reading) 6 hrs. 

History  2 (History  of  the  English  People) 4 hrs. 

Engineering  2 (Mechanical  Drawing) 6 hrs. 

Economy  1 5 hrs. 


Military  or  Gymnasium. 

THIRD  YEAR: 

22  hours  required. 

Philosophy  3 (Systematic  Psychology) 4 hrs. 

Mathematics  5 (Calculus) 8 hrs. 

Physics  2 (Theory  and  Laboratory) 10  hrs. 

FOURTH  YEAR: 

16  hours  required. 

Physics  4 (Advanced  Laboratory) 6 hrs. 

Evidences  of  Christianity 4 hrs. 

Engineering  3,  4 (Shop  Work) 6 hrs. 

120  hours  of  college  work,  and  in  addition  18  hours  of 
Military  or  Gymnasium  are  required  for  graduation  in  this 


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course.  The  entrance  requirements  are  the  same  as  for  the 
regular  Scientific  Course. 

The  25  hours  of  electives  necessary  for  graduation  in  the 
above  course  may  be  selected  from  the  following  list  in  accord- 
ance with  the  suggestions  made  for  special  branches  of  engineer- 
ing: 

Mathematics  4 (Surveying  and  Leveling). 

Mathematics  6 (Astronomy). 

Mathematics  7 (Descriptive  Geometry). 

Chemistry  3 (Qualitative  Analysis). 

Chemistry  4 (Organic). 

Chemistry  6 (Quantitative  Analysis). 

Physics  6 and  7,  (D.  C.  and  A.  C.  Machinery). 

Geology  2 (General  Geology). 

Geology  7 (Mineralogy). 

Biology  1 (Elementary  Biology). 

Biology  2 (General  Zoology). 

Economics  5 (Trusts  and  Monopoly). 

Economics  4 (Labor  and  Industrial  Organizations). 

SUGGESTIONS  FOR  THE  SELECTION  OF  ELECTIVES 

In  all  technical  schools  the  subjects  of  the  first  year  are 
substantially  the  same  for  all  branches  of  engineering.  These 
subjects  are  fully  covered  by  equivalent  courses  in  this  col- 
lege, and  can  be  pursued  here  as  well  as  elsewhere. 

In  the  second  year  the  courses  diverge  somewhat,  and  in 
order  to  meet  the  requirements  for  special  branches  of  engin- 
eering, the  student  is  advised  to  select  his  electives  as  follows: 

For  mechanical,  electrical,  or  civil  engineering,  from  the 
departments  of  Mathematics  and  Physics.  For  civil  engineer- 
ing, Geology  should  be  added. 

For  mining  engineering,  from  the  departments  of  Geology 
and  Biology. 

For  chemical  and  sanitary  engineering,  from  the  depart- 
ments of  Chemistry  and  Biology. 

All  these  courses  are  outlined  in  the  Catalogue  number  of 
the  University  Bulletin. 

COLLEGE  FEES 


Tuition,  for  each  semester $7.50 

Incidental  fees,  for  each  semester 30.00 

Gymnasium  fee,  for  each  semester 1.50 


The  amounts  named  above  do  not  include  laboratory  fees, 
or  tuition  in  Music,  Art,  Elocution. 


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A CORNER  IN  THE  MACHINE  SHOP 


A VIEW  IN  THE  MACHINE  SHOP 


A MACHINE  WHICH  DOES  EVERYTHING  BUT  TALK 


The  fees  are  $4.50  per  semester  for  all  laboratory  or  shop 
work,  unless  otherwise  specified  under  the  description  of  the 
work.  The  fees  for  Music,  Oratory,  etc.,  are  specified  in  the 
catalogues  of  the  Schools.  A fee  of  $5.00  is  also  charged  all 
students  who  present  themselves  for  graduation. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  scholarships  covering 
several  thousand  years  of  tuition  were  sold  by  the  University 
many  years  ago.  These  scholarships  are  held  by  people  in  all 
sections  of  Ohio,  and  in  many  parts  of  the  country,  and  can 
often  be  bought  at  a price  not  exceeding  ten  or  twelve  dollars 
a year. 

Young  men  presenting  local  preachers  ’ licenses,  mem- 
bers of  conferences,  and  the  children  of  all  ministers  of  the 
Gospel  are  granted  a reduction  of  one-third  of  the  incidental 
fee. 


ESTIMATED  EXPENSES 

Those  contemplating  a college  course  may  form  some  con- 
ception of  their  total  yearly  expenses  at  the  University,  aside 
from  the  cost  of  clothing,  traveling,  and  discount  named,  by 
the  following  itemized  estimate  of  expenses: 


Incidental  fee,  for  each  semester $30.00 

Tuition,  for  each  semester 7.50 

Table  board  in  private  family,  per  week $2.25  to  3.50 

Table  board  in  club,  per  week 1.75  to  3.50 

Self -board,  per  week 1.00  to  1.25 

Furnished  rooms  for  two  persons,  each  per  week..  .75  to  1.00 

Fuel,  light,  and  washing,  per  semester 4.00  to  14.00 

Text-books,  per  semester 2.00  to  10.00 

Laboratory  fees,  per  semester 5.00 


Some  students  who  are  boarding  themselves,  bring  their 
actual  expenses  at  the  college  down  to  $60.00  per  semester. 
Others,  boarding  at  clubs,  bring  their  expenses  down  to  $120.00 
per  semester.  Others  who  are  living  better  and  spending  more 
for  books,  entertainments,  etc.,  have  legitimate  expenses  of 
$100.00  to  $200.00  per  semester. 


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THE  CMAMPLIN  PRESS 
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